Advertising amusement device



Filed July 1, 1929 @M ED advertising attraction.

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Patented June 113, .1931- UNITED? sTArE-"sr PATENT 1 CHARLES nonmne, 01* Clarence, ILLINOIS v,

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nnvnnrrsme AMUSEMENT DEVICE Application filed July 1, 1929. Serial No. 375,175.'

This invention relatesto amusement devices and more partlcularly'to advertising novelties, although it'may be employed with,

equal advantage for other purposes.

It contemplates more especially the provision of a simple and inexpensive device which is capable of producing a visual illusion either for amusement purposes or as an Advertising devices prove effective only in their attractive influence upon sight, thereby directing an individuals' attention there to for the purpose of viewing whatever descriptive indicia preferably constituting an advertisement, that may be'inscribed thereon;

One object of the present invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive amusement devlce for creating a visual illusion.

Another object is the provision of a device having an advertising medium thereon which is associable therewith for enabling an amusing visual illusion.

A further object is the provision of a resilient frame having a member oscillatably l associated therewith to impart an appearing rotative eflect thereto past a barrier.

Still a further object is the provision of a member oscillatably mounted for movement in the path of a barrier to create the visual illusion of passing therethrough.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the'following description of an illustrative embodiment of the present invention.

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Figure 1 is a plan view of a device embodying features of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the manner ofmanipulating the device to create a visual illusion. c Figure 3 is an end viewof the device with the oscillatable member in ite initial extreme position. 7

Figure 4 is a similar view showing the oscillatable member in the course of its impelled movement. s

Figure 5 is a similar view showing the 0scillatable member atits other extreme position in the act of being reversed.

The structure selected for illustration com-i prises any suitable frame 10, in this instance bentfrom wire to define a straight portion 7 11 whichpivotally carries an elongated member 12 thereon. The member 12 may be composed of any suitable material, in this instance wood, shaped in any variety of forms to preferably accommodate advertising indicia 13 on the surface thereof. In the present embodiment, the member 12 is cylindrically contoured, there being a transverse aperture .14 provided therein intermediate the extremities 15 thereof for receiving the wire 11 therethrough. i Y

I As shown, the straight wire portion 11 is formed continuous with an end portionilG articulated to provide loops l7 and 18 spaced from each other by a depression 19 which effects a yielding connection therebetween. The loop 18 terminates in a straight wireportion 20 which is in spaced confronting parallelism with the wire portion 11, thereby serving as a resilient stop or barrier precludinglcomplete revoluble movement of the member 12; however affording oscillation on both sides thereof. The straight wire portion 20 terminates, in this instance, in an end portion 21 articulatedto define loops 22 and 23 spaced by a depression 24: in identically the same structural formation as the end portion 16 for disposition in confronting relation therewith. The loop 23 terminates in contact with the straight wire portion 11, andthe adjacent edges thereoef may be fused in any approved manner after the member orpin 12 has been placed thereon, thereby forming a yieldable closed frame 10 which may be in a variety of other forms as connnercialpractice may dictate.

- With the above arrangement, the loop 21 may be grasped in the left hand 25 for holda ing the frame 10 in a horizontal position so that the looped end 16 is in the line of sight of an observing individual. Thethumb 26 of the right hand27, is then placed downwardly on the extremity 15fof the member '12 to maintain it in its extreme clockwise position (Figure 8) against the stop or barrier wire 20. The thumb 26 is then pressed downwardly with sufiicient force to slipfrom the member 12, thereby causing the frame 10 to yield to the extent of flipping themember or pin 12 in a counter-clockwise direction (Figure 4) whereupon it is directed against the other side of the stop wire 20 (Figure 5). The abrupt stop thereof against the preferably slight yielding wire 20, impels the member 12 in a reverse direction (clockwise-Figure 5) to effect a complete oscillation thereof with such continuity and speed as to create a visual illusion. The visual illusion to the observer consists of the apparent passage of the member 12 through the wire 20 owing to the continuity and speed of oscillatable movement on both sides of the wire 20.

Various changes may be made in the embodiment of the invention herein specifically described without departing from or sacrificing any advantages thereof as defined in the appended claims.

I claim: I

11. Ina device of the character described, the combination with a rod, of a member oscillatably mounted on said rod, a barrier in the path of said member to limit theextent of oscillation, said barrier serving to limit and reverse the oscillation of said member responsive to being flung tl'iereagainst to effect a visual illusion indicative, of its passage through said barrier.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a, frame, of an elongated member pivotally associated with said frame, a barrier on said frame in the path of said member to limit the oscillatable movement thereof, said barrier serving to reverse the oscillation of said member responsive to its movement thereagainst to create a visual illusion of its passage through said barrier.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a resilient frame, of an elongated member pivotally associated with said frame, a barrier on said frame in the path ofisaid member to limit the oscillatable movement thereof, said barrier serving to flip said member to reverse the movement thereof,

1 thereby creating a visual illusion of its passage through said barrier.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination with a frame bent from wire to define spaced rods, a member pivotally mounted on one of said rods for movement in the path of the other of said rods which serves a barrier to its complete rotation, said member being capable of manual oscillation on both sides of said barrier, thereby creating a visual illusion of its passage throu b said barrier.

5. n a device of the character described, the combination with a frame bent from wire to define yieldable spaced rods, a member pivotally mounted intermediate the extremities thereof on one of said rods for movement in the path of the other of said rods which serves as a barrier to its complete rotation, said member being capable of oscillation on both sides of said barrier, by imparting a manual flip thereto, thereby creating a visual illusion of its passage through said barrier.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination with a frame, a member pivotally mounted on said frame, a stop constituting a part of said frame in the path of said member, said member being oscillatable in response to a manual flip for movement on both sides of said stop in a visibly continuous motion, thereby creating a visual illusion of its passage through said stop.

In witness whereof, I subscribe my name.

CHARLES DOERING. 

